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PDF pending restorationWeissenrieder, Maureen – OMLTA Journal, 1985
The problem of teaching the use of the verbs "ser" and "estar" in Spanish can be only partially addressed by current linguistic explanations. In the absence of rules that will enable the student to predict correct sentences using the verbs, the most effective teaching technique is to use a situational-functional approach providing students with…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Descriptive Linguistics, Educational Strategies
Download full textParry, Thomas S.; Meredith, R. Alan – OMLTA Journal, 1984
A study to determine whether college students in first-, second-, and third-year Spanish courses who saw and heard dialogs between native speakers would score significantly higher on a listening comprehension test than those who only heard the dialogs had as its subjects 178 students randomly divided into two treatment groups. Twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Dialogs (Language)
Sposet, Barbara – OMLTA Journal, 1985
A variety of local resources are available to language teachers to enhance their classroom activities and provide inservice training opportunities for themselves. Examples include: local colleges that may allow teachers to sit in on classes, provide an instructor to speak to a secondary language class, or offer a speakers bureau service;…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Colleges
Claerr, Thomas A.; Gargan, Richard – OMLTA Journal, 1984
With some imagination, songs can be used to teach all aspects of foreign language. The language teacher can take advantage of the cultural content of songs by playing holiday music during the appropriate season; explaining the traditions and history of songs; discussing songs with cultural flavor; presenting a variety of music types; and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Cultural Education
Snyder, Barbara, Ed. – OMLTA Journal, 1985
This issue of the OMLTA Journal includes the following papers: "Helping Teacher Teach: A Foreign Language Collaborative in Southeast Ohio" (Barry G. Thomas); "Bilingual and Group Poetry in the Foreign Language Classroom" (Evelyn F. Brod); "So You Want To Be in Pictures: Videotaping in the Foreign Language Classroom" (Connie L. Bowman); "Theatre as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Community Resources, Drama
Durden, John D.; And Others – OMLTA Journal, 1984
Two articles combined here describe aspects of the Akron, Ohio Public Schools' summer foreign language immersion camps for both students and teachers. The first article, "The Akron Story Part I: Summer Foreign Language Camps" (John D. Durden and Sandra K. Strauber), outlines the structure of the camps, in which students live in simulated…
Descriptors: College Credits, Costs, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
